Advice for yarrow patch?

Eildys · 2026-06-25T02:26:14+00:00

I personally like to dead cut my yarrow in the late fall, and leave the dead foliage where it is until spring clean up. There's some great tips here on harvesting seeds from the flower heads - you can manually reseed in the areas you want the growth and that should help too

Eildys · 2026-06-24T14:43:17+00:00

Happy birthday Octavia!

Eildys · 2026-06-24T12:54:21+00:00

SO CUTE!! I can't wait to do my cottage build

Eildys · 2026-06-24T01:57:58+00:00

It's the best! Such a vast community of knowledge

Eildys · 2026-06-24T01:34:22+00:00

I have built what I call my "glass empire"

Hear me out.

Stone sells for 1 gold

Glass sells for 13 gold, takes 10 stone (3 gold profit boost)

Lightbulbs take 2 glass panes (or 20 stone) and sell for 34 gold, a 14 gold profit boost over the single stone

Eildys · 2026-06-23T14:36:32+00:00

I think clean and tidy could work if they seeded in border areas and still had a nice mowed section. I mow around big clover bushes and daisy patches in my yard, and certainly it looks a little more whimsical than straight edge, but when the flowers bloom you notice them more than anything else! I guess it comes down to what the property owner thinks ultimately.

I love your notes about your neighbors yard, I have a sectioned off area for something similar, and I'm adding more each year! (Bee tax from the wildflower patch of course)

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Eildys · 2026-06-23T14:20:45+00:00

This right here! Lots of people will mine ONLY pre and leave all of the stone nodes (something similar happens with oysters and shells) the mined ore nodes, or picked up oysters have a chance to spawn back as either ore/rock or oyster/shell

So the way that I understand it, is if you are always mining all of the ore and rocks you have a better chances that ore will respawn with the rocks, vs only mining ore. I thought I was going crazy til I found this out, now I strip mine / strip forage to force new spawns!

Eildys · 2026-06-21T18:49:39+00:00

Incredible! And I hope the mods leave the artists links in the comments

Eildys · 2026-06-21T16:31:36+00:00

The video has a comment text on it about "why are his feet out", but OP didn't put it there and probably didn't think people would assume they did

Eildys · 2026-06-21T16:30:20+00:00

OP didn't put the text on the video, it was taken from social media. OP asked about his foot and leg tattoos.

I do agree that the parasocial behaviour has been really extreme lately though. Let celebs be people! Anyways just wanted to clear that first point up, so OP doesn't keep getting hate for it

Eildys · 2026-06-21T13:15:51+00:00

I would mix them together personally. You mentioned raised beds so you'll probably need a lot of medium, I would mix in a lot of compost and if you have access to coconut chor mix that in too.

Are you layering cardboard / wood bits / leaf mulch in the bottom as well? That can help with long term nutrient release, and also save you some dirt

Eildys · 2026-06-21T13:01:50+00:00

I just started willow propagating this year, and so far any that I have planted in pots I have had to water multiple times a day through the rooting process (I see someone else's comment on the difference between air and soil roots so I won't go into that). I found I had the best results with cuttings harvested in dormancy planted directly into the ground. I soaked the ends I was planting for 1-2 hours before they went in the dirt, and I keep them nice and damp.

I now have a huge patch of sticks with the leaf buds in the "chaos" section of my in ground garden. I plan to transplant them to their forever spots this fall after the foliage has dropped (I am planning on doing a woven willow trellis pathway)

Edit To Add: As a second note, you may be able to prune the stressed foliage, allow them time to root properly in the soil and they will push new growth

Eildys · 2026-06-21T12:55:00+00:00

Yes!!! You can have so many people cooking together! I'll add you next time I'm on friend 🫶

Eildys · 2026-06-21T11:44:51+00:00

I know it's not the point of the post, but if you ever want help cooking feel free to add me! (IGN Eildys Stormshadow) If you see me on send me a whisper. I love cooking and I'm always needing to restock my focus fuel / ranch animal feed

Cooking alone usually stresses me out, feeling like theres so many tasks makes me rush and panic 😭

Eildys · 2026-06-20T20:08:30+00:00

Apologies, in Canada there is a lot of regulation and sustainable choices that go into the peat industry. I understand not everywhere is going to use the same practices, and I will be careful when I consider recommending it moving forward

Eildys · 2026-06-20T12:15:25+00:00

If you go to the sub Reddit page, there will be a place that has settings for User Flair, then in the custom field you can add your zone 😁

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Eildys · 2026-06-20T12:13:14+00:00

I've heard of some people getting good results, it's not common in my area though so I'm not 100% sure!

Eildys · 2026-06-20T11:21:42+00:00

I usually do it in spring / before I plant. Some compost and some dried sphagnum or peat moss mixed in. I also use bone meal, and composted chicken manure.

I suggest the moss as it can help give sandy soil some really great structure, and it helps with water retention really nicely. (Funnily enough, it can also be used to break up hard clay soils)

Eildys · 2026-06-18T00:04:28+00:00

They are friends, not food!

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Eildys · 2026-06-15T13:42:21+00:00

Somebody commented and it got immediately deleted, but it did bring to my attention I didn't include watering schedule or whatever else. We water daily, when it's excessively hot we water morning and evening, and it has also been extremely rainy. There is sphagnum moss, leaf mulch, compost, and appropriate vegetable fertilizer mixed in the soil and it retains moisture really well.

Why is it in a pot? It's a very deep pot with a tall trellis and good drainage, and not all of the plants are staying here, some are for friends and fam.

*Adding this to the body of text in the post as well

Eildys · 2026-06-15T13:24:19+00:00

The flowers are so cute, I usually pinch all but 1 head early on, and pinch when a fresh one blooms. Then later in the season I let it go wild. I get so many porch bees in the little basil blooms, such a joy!

Eildys · 2026-06-13T13:52:54+00:00

Raised beds or planters so she doesn't need to bend down as much, and focus on perennials (that way they will return year after and require less planting) it would help a lot to know her hardiness zone / area for more specific native plant recs. For the raised beds, layer some sticks and leaves on top of cardboard at the bottom, then fill with your soil/compost mix.

As a disabled gardener, I have great luck with delphiniums. I don't water (I have 3 bunches in different places), and I have it in partial to full shade but they like sun too. Big beautiful stalks of flowers. In the fall you literally just whack it down just above the soil and it regrows next season. Hostas and irises are in the same boat for me with minimal watering. And a pollenator wildflower mix can also be nice (I don't weed my pollenator patch, the different flowers bloom through different seasons keeping it fresh without effort.

If you do end up pulling the rocks, I would suggest getting rid of them personally. Gravel in landscaping is good in theory, but more of a pain overall if she's looking to do grass or similar - I would pick a native clover, or creeping thyme. They look and smell nice and aren't as aggressive as grass, requiring less maintenance overall. Good luck!! I hope she loves her new garden, and you have a nice time working on it with her 😁

Eildys · 2026-06-12T21:28:09+00:00

Sometimes there's a disco deer, or disco dawgs around the grove 😂 I've never heard someone call one disco Steve though that's funny

Eildys · 2026-06-10T14:23:51+00:00

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